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Foundling

🔄 Synonyms of "Foundling"

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Word	Definition
abandoned infantnoun	a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown

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Word	Definition
abandoned infantnoun	a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
orphannoun	A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
fosterlingnoun	a foster child
oblatenoun	(Roman Catholicism) A person dedicated to a life of religion or monasticism, especially a member of an order without religious vows or a lay member of a religious community.
natural childnoun	An illegitimate child, a child born to unmarried parents.
orphanernoun	(dated) Synonym of orphan.
love childnoun	(euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.
fosteragenoun	The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.
foster childnoun	A child in foster care; a child in one's foster care, in relation to oneself.
lovechildnoun	Alternative form of love child. [(euphemistic) A child born as a result of a romantic liaison between parents not married to one another; an illegitimate child.]
stepchildnoun	The child of one's spouse from a previous relationship.
orphan asylumnoun	orphanage
orphanetnoun	(dated, rare) A young or little orphan.
fatherlingnoun	(diminutive, endearing) A father.
nurslingnoun	A young child or animal being nursed.
nurserynoun	(countable) A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on.
pupilnoun	(anatomy) The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.
half orphannoun	A person, especially a child, with only one living parent.
orphanrynoun	(rare) The state of being an orphan.
adopteenoun	An adopted son or daughter.